Chains of habits are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. – Warren Buffet We all know how hard it is to break old habits. There are times when we are able to temporarily stop doing them, but like holding down an apple under water, the urge to...
The source of the universe is essentially present in the universe – Swami Chinmayananda. Is there a God? Where is He? What does He look like? Questions about the God are universal and people have been asking them since time immemorial. This is because although...
I am never the ego, mind, intellect and body. —Swami Tejomayananda, Living Vedanta What if the actor who plays the part of the phantom in the musical, ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ played his part so many times that he forgot his real identity? Imagine if he walked...
What you have now is your gift from HIM. What you do with what you have, is your gift back to HIM. – Swami Chinmayananda With the holiday season around the corner, many of us are busy buying gifts for the people in our lives. It is a time to express our love,...
The very first discipline for your meditation practice is training your body to sit very still. It may sound like a simple thing, but it not so easy to do in the beginning. You may want to relax your body by doing some simple stretches. Then, sit on the floor or a...
Just as children mature as they learn, spiritual seekers continue to mature by learning from, and reflecting on life. To support us on our journey, we often gain inspiration from the words of the wise. One great wise one was a master of Vedanta named Adi Shankara. He...
